Split

I do not own Harry Potter. This story is purely written for fun, not for any profit.

Italics lines are thoughts of Sean.

Chapter 4

London, England, 1973

Sean Stevens was looking the scene in front of him rather curiously. In front of him, there were two small boys on the ground. Both of them were at most twelve years old. The boys had something like small sticks in their hands. His revolver was pointed towards them.

Then he saw the black haired kid pointing his stick towards him. Was the tip of the stick...glowing?

Sean could not understand what to do. He could not shoot a little boy. But then he felt Salazar concentrating hard in his mind.

Then suddenly he saw a bright red light came from his left hand and hit both the boys. The sticks from both kid's hands were floated into the air and came to his left hand.

This was the first time when Sean saw proper magic in front of him. He was shocked at first, then fascinated.

"Well, well, well! Looks like the night is still young, old chap." He thought.

Salazar was looking at the two kids in front of him. One boy had blonde hair, while the other had jet black. Their faces had a strange mixture of innocence and sadness. They were both wearing same type of fur coat, red robe and a belt. Must be a uniform, Salazar thought in his mind.

"Hogwarts uniform?" He heard Sean's thought inside his head.

"No. Hogwarts uniform is not like that." Salazar thought. Then he looked at the boys'.

"Who are you? How did you come into this room?"

The black haired boy did not say anything, just glared at him. His eyes were green, green like a killing curse. It was the blond boy who spoke up first.

"We did not want to intrude. Please believe us."

His tone was soft and polite. Salazar immediately grew a likeness towards him. He was thinking about what to ask next when suddenly he heard the black haired boy speaking.

"This is absurd! This cannot be happening!"

His eyes were focused to the calendar hanging on the wall. The calendar which was proudly announcing the year '1973'.

His hands started shaking. He put his right hand inside his robe and pulled out a golden chain. There was something attached with the chain. Something looked like a half part of a broken hourglass.

The blonde boy was silently watching his friend. When he saw the broken hourglass, his pale face became paler. His lips trembled a little bit.

"My god! The time turner's broken! What will we do now?"

The word 'time turner' was unknown to Salazar, but he could guess the concept behind it, and he did not sure that he liked it a bit.

"My goodness kids! Don't tell me you guys were attempting to travel in time. Do you know how dangerous it was? You could have been killed? How old are you, eleven or twelve? This is not a toy to play, you understand?"

"What do you mean by eleven or twelve?" The blonde boy spoke. Then suddenly he looked at his friend. Both of them looked at each other.

Then they screamed at the top of their voices.

Salazar immediately made up an invisible, soundproof bubble to counter the screaming. He used the blonde kid's wand.

"Shut the hell up, both of you!" He roared.

Both the boys were silent in a second. Salazar rubbed his forehead. His old headache was coming back again.

"Look kids," He said in a tired voice," Both of us started in the wrong foot. Can we please freshly restart again? I can understand that both of you are in trouble. I can try to help you both. But for that, we must cooperate with each other."

Both of them looked at each other, and then looked at him. Then the black haired kid spoke to him for the first time.

"I am sorry for my behaviour. My mind was literally messed up. Both of us tried to help a father who lost his son. But, we messed up pretty badly."

Deep sincerity was glowing out from each and every word spoken by him. Sean felt that too.

"He strongly believed in his course, Salazar. His friend believed in him."

"You are right, Sean." Salazar thought. Then he spoke again.

"Tell me your names, kids."

"My name is Albus, Albus Severus Potter. ", the black haired kid said.

"I am Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy.", the blonde said.

"I am going to use your name, Sean." Salazar quickly thought.

"No, Salazar. Tell them the truth. How could they trust you if you lie to them?"

"But my name is the key piece of the extreme distrust? I think that both of them must be in Gryffindor, otherwise they did not do something rash like that."

"Don't jump into conclusion headfirst, Salazar. That was more like your friend Gryffindor, as much as I understand him. " Sean's voice was hard.

Salazar begrudgingly realised that his friend has a point. He heaved a sigh.

Then he looked at the boys, who were sitting on the floor.

"Are you boys from Hogwarts?"

Both of them nodded.

"Gryffindor?"

Both of them nodded, but this time negatively.

"Ravenclaw? Huffelpuff?"

Again they nodded, negatively.

Salazar felt his heartbeat increasing.

"No Slytherin of mine can do this type of reckless thing! Are you telling the truth?"

Albus looked directly into his eyes.

"My name is Albus Severus Potter. I was named after two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was from Slytherin house. Just like me and Scorpius."

His voice had something in it. Salazar felt that. He knew that Sean felt too. That boy's voice had a mix of strength and sadness. His eyes had the spark of rebellion. It must be some family issue.

His friend, Scorpius was not totally different from him. But his grey eyes did not have the same rebellious spark like his friend. His grey eyes flashed a deep sadness. He probably lost someone very dear to him.

Salazar was so engulfed in his thought that he did not hear Scorpius' voice.

"Can you please give us our wands back? We promise we will not cause any trouble.", Scorpius asked him again.

"Umm...oh yeah sure. ", He handed back them their wands. Then he again felt Sean taking control.

"Okay, kids. Let's call it a night today. You guys go to sleep on the bed. I am taking the mattress on the floor. We will talk tomorrow. Good night."

"But who are you? We gave you our name, but did not get yours?", Scorpius said.

"No, Sean, Don't!", Salazar felt Sean's answer.

"My name is Salazar Slytherin. Nice to meet you too."

A/N: So this is chapter 4.

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